Innovation and Entrepreneurship Minor

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Program Director: Rita Chesterton, Assistant Professor
Entrepreneur in Residence: Heller-LaBelle
Professors: Kushner, Niesenbaum
Associate Professor: Silveyra

Innovation and entrepreneurial thinking are valuable across disciplines, whether the ultimate goal is a small business, a high-tech startup, a non-profit with a social mission, an art gallery, a performing organization, research lab, or a school.

A student completing a major in any discipline and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor will be able to:

1. Exhibit practical knowledge, skills, and attitudes that support innovation and entrepreneurship;
2. Identify and evaluate innovative or entrepreneurial developments within their areas of interest;
3. Connect with mentors who can help them move toward their personal goals;
4. Understand the entrepreneurial process of putting innovative ideas into effect.

Minor Requirements

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor consists of six courses: three required and three electives.

Required Courses:

INE 101, 102 - Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship Course unit(s): 1
INE 201 - New Venture Creation Course unit(s): 1
INE 350 - The Practice of Entreprenuership Course unit(s): 1

Electives:

One (1) Business Skills Course:

ACT 101 - Financial Accounting Course unit(s): 1 *
BUS 233 - Operations & Information Systems Course unit(s): 1 *
BUS 236 - Management Course unit(s): 1 *
BUS 239 - Marketing Course unit(s): 1 *
BUS 315 - Management of Not-for-Profit Organizations Course unit(s): 1 *
BUS 352 - Small Business Management Course unit(s): 1 *
*INE 201 will count as a prerequisite for these courses

One (1) INE Elective:

Any course offered with INE prefix (special topic or catalog course) or course offered by another department with a specific entrepreneurial focus. Examples include:

SUS 405 - Sustainable Solutions Course unit(s): 1

One (1) Interdisciplinary Elective:

Select from the following list, or propose another course with justification. Must be outside the students major(s)/minor(s). In addition to this list, there may be other courses that Muhlenberg offers, including special topics courses, that can be considered for this requirement, given the permission of the INE program director.

BUS 311 - Arts Administration Course unit(s): 1 **
BUS 315 - Management of Not-for-Profit Organizations Course unit(s): 1 **
BUS 263, 264 - Sustainability in Business Course unit(s): 1 **
COM 220, 221 - Free Culture Course unit(s): 1 *
COM 251 - Introduction to Moviemaking Course unit(s): 1 *
COM 312 - Media Industries Course unit(s): 1 *
COM 349 - Media Advocacy Course unit(s): 1 *
CSI 109 - Computer Science I: Introduction to Data Analytics Course unit(s): 1
ENG 205, 206 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing Course unit(s): 1 *
ENG 373, 374 - The Literary Marketplace Course unit(s): 1 *
MTH 318 - Operations Research Course unit(s): 1
PHL 244, 245 - Business Ethics Course unit(s): 1 *
PSY 217, 218 - Cognitive Processes Course unit(s): 1
PSY 220 - Social Psychology Course unit(s): 1
PSY 221, 222 - Multicultural Psychology Course unit(s): 1
PSY 232 - Personality Psychology Course unit(s): 1
PSY 241 - Interpersonal Psychology Course unit(s): 1
PSY 322, 323 - Psychology of Women Course unit(s): 1
SUS 350 - Community Sustainability in Costa Rica Course unit(s): 1 *
SUS 355 - Climate Change & Sustainable Development in Bangladesh Course unit(s): 1 *
THR 219 - Creativity & Collaboration Course unit(s): 1 *
*have no prerequisites
**INE 201 counts as a prerequisite

Courses

INE 101, 102 - Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship Course unit(s): 1
INE 201 - New Venture Creation Course unit(s): 1
INE 970 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Independent Study/Research Course unit(s):
INE 350 - The Practice of Entreprenuership Course unit(s): 1